Monday 14th July 2014 to Sunday 20th July 2014

Monday 14th July 2014
Up super early (well 5:30).  Dog walked, papers fetched and washing car at 6.45.

Great big moon in the morning sky!

Stop off at Tesco on way to work and into office for 8.30ish.  All good stuff.  Not a bad day, home for 6:45ish, tea, dog walk round field again, nettle stings, game of thrones, bit of watering. Bed.

Tuesday 15th July 2014
Woke up at 4:30.  Got out of bed an hour later.  Dog walked, papers fetched into office for just after 8am.  All good stuff. Got away from work by 5:30, tea and then walked Lily through big meadow.  She's not sneezing so much - might be related to pollen?    Did 10 holes of golf.  Have got to get some value for money somehow!   Then down lotty to water everything.  All good stuff.  Bed late after watching a thing on Jack Nicklaus on Sky and consuming a small drinkie-poos or two or three.

Wednesday 16th July 2014
Up at 5:40.  Walking the pooch by 6am.  Fetched papers and back home for 6.45am

For the past three days Phil has been driving from Dumas up to South Dakota and back a number of times and I think he's at present carting a combine 800 miles up to Blunt in South Dakota.  He sent some pics.

Off to work for 8:20am.  Not bad day at work, home for about 6.15 as well.  Tea, dog walked, then setting up missus' new Samsung Galaxy Ace phone.  Great fun.  Bit of rain at last too - not much but will have put a wee bit back into the IBC hopefully.

Thursday 17th July 2014
Up at 5.40.  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Ought to have Cycle2Worked twice this week but couldn't be bothered.  Have lost my exercise mojo at the moment and need to get it back really.  In to work for 8.20am

Day went very wrong very quickly.  Taking dog a walk after tea and got told to come home immediately.  In a year that has already seen a lot of heartbreak we heard that cousin Brian had been killed in a lorry accident. Rest in peace mate, you will be so missed.

Friday 18th July 2014
Up at crack of dawn.  Dog walked, papers fetched, off to Hanley to get missus' car serviced.  Must remember for next time - 85p for a black filter coffee in Wetherspoons across the road from MacDonalds on Parliament Row in Hanley.  Four and half hours later on me way back.  More dog walking, half an hour at the lotty, then a lot of drinking.

Saturday 19th July 2014
Phil's birthday - happy birthday wee lad in Texas (although he's moving to South Dakota today).  Dog walked, papers fetched.  Piccy B.  Down lotty for a bit.  No golf - very wet day though so not bothered - only generated 4KWh  on the solar - worst day for absolutely ages.   More drinking - this needs to stop soon.  Funnily enough did a bit of work on linking the two waterbutts down the lotty together - think have done a marvellous job - just need to seal one of the pipes into the waterbutt that's got the fixed down top and then we'll be done!

Sunday 20th July 2014
Different sort of a day.  Dog walked early doors.  Got a load of strawberry runners tagged down for next year's strawberry bed project down the lotty.   BBQ at lunch time with me mum and dad coming over.  All good.  Dog walked from Shenton's garage back to home.  Lots of butterflies about.  Very nice.  Down the lotty we took the nets off the runner beans - should have done this as soon as they were settled in really - learning curve stuff!